1. Jerome K. Jerome visits H.G. Wells (by 1913)Unusual start, you might think. But after dinner, Jerome started firing a toy cannon at some toy soldiers and Wells started firing back. They thought that adding some rules would be a good idea and took influence from a form of wargame played for the previous decade by Prussian military (called ( Read more... )

In a small village far away, there lived an old toymaker named Peter. Peter was an exceptional toymaker and he made a wide variety of toys such as dolls and tops and wooden horses. But of all of his wonderful work, no toys were more marvellous than his puppets ( Read more... )

He'd hate me revealing it, but my cockhead housemate, Nigel, is a "superhero". I put that in inverted commas because a real hero would at least know how to pick up his shit on occasion. And a real hero wouldn't come barging home at three in the morning, spilling beer over MY rug before letting one of his mates crash on MY couch in full battle ( Read more... )

I hate this outfit ( Read more... )

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About time.

Now the other half of the population will get to know how it feels to be misrepresented.

Well done, Comrade!

"What are we doing, Mark ( Read more... )

 Get FUCKED!...

Now the Arthouse is closing, too.

I'm getting close to losing my temper

Just wrote a letter to the Age and Herald-Sun:

The outrageous behaviour of thugs at the Australian Open is reflective of the same violence seen on Melbourne streets and should be treated with the same steely resolve.
As we have done with our licensed venues, I propose that all tennis clubs have their major expenses increased by 400 - 500% (with that ( Read more... )

I am furious about the Tote closing down.

Not very surprising. I've been seeing this kind of thing coming for a while now.

Very pissed off.